Well, there’s no need to keep this thread alive after this . I see that Ed Zotti hasn’t bothered to moderate or post in the pit since January 23. He’s gone back to his true love, The Chicago Dope. I hope he’s none the worse for the weather.
Damn! This is what I hate about being a noob and miss about my old board… I don’t “get” all the drama!
Fuck!
Butthurt much?
Must be some inside joke… I don’t get that either. :dubious:
It is what set off this entire thread from the prior thread. Thus why RedFury thought even a new member would get the joke.
Holy freaking moly, lookit the turnip truck!
Hostile Dialect,
Hostile Dialect, Narcissist
There are nine stickies at ATMB. Is that the reason there are only six posts? That is one of the reasons that I wouldn’t want to post my comments and criticisms of the mods – you, specifically – there.
I also think that people are more likely to be frank here. That doesn’t have to translate as “churlish.” The last time I tried to communicate with you, I didn’t do any namecalling or make any sarcastic remarks. I rarely do.
Nevertheless, you let me know 1) that you found my communication boring and 2) you don’t really know the most basic thing about who I am and why I continue to stay around the SDMB after six years and 11,000 posts (more or less). Many of those posts have been in Great Debates where I have completely given up reporting any personal attacks on me. (And I am not talking about attacks on things that I said.)
You want us to be respectful despite your unnecessary disrespect of us. And besides, what was it that got you over to this thread? By your own admission it was namecalling.
So once again, without your reading the thread, you make assumptions about certain posters saying certain things. And you make your usual snide comment because you are just too above it all to fool with posters until we can entertain you.
This post is my first one to this thread. Surprise! Boring threads don’t usually get this long. Just because you are bored doesn’t mean that Dopers are the reason. Stop taking it out on us, Tom
If we get a little repetitive in our complaints, there might be one very good reason: a lack of responsiveness. (Nitpicking about how mental health issues and mental illness issues are not the same does not make a reasonable response.)
Maybe I did engage in namecalling. I may have called you a bully. You were not always like this.
This thread just won’t die.
Zoe, if you are seriously concerned about that, send Tom a PM or something. I really doubt he will see your comment here.
Well said, Zoe
The mods pretend that they are above the complaints of the common masses and that they could not care less but I have it from reliable sources that they see everything and take names. Later they will pay back in their passive-aggressive usual manner of ignoring reported posts, etc.
What really slows down the boards is the part of the database where the mods keeps the points and ratings against each poster. It is massive and the mods consult it continually before taking any action. There is the semi-secret part where they have the warnings, etc. but then there is the ultrasecret part where they keep all their petty grievances against individual posters.
That’s what happens when you want to play being Homeland Security but can only afford a Pentium 4.75 with a wind-up disk and three elderly hamsters.
You’re saying this with tongue in cheek, right?
I think the second paragraph indicates so.
You must really have no life. This is just about the lamest conspiracy theory I’ve ever heard of.
Hostile Dialect,
Hostile Dialect, Narcissist
Thanks, Sapo. Private messages have been a disaster with Tom lately. (I’m referring only to my experiences.) Maybe there is something that I am doing wrong, but I don’t usually have this much trouble communicating.
Recently I PM’d a Mod and got no response. I posted in ATMB and was told that most mods rarely checked their PMs, and that I was most likely to get a response by emailing them.
Actually ordinary posts don’t place too much of a load. It’s the secret forum where they exchange hi-def goat porn movies that’s the real problem.
In this thread (What part of "NO DOGS" do you not understand??? - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board), phall0106 wrote:
Where was his warning?
Why? is there a tongue-in-cheek checkbox in your database that you are not sure you need to check for this post?
You need to report the bad post in order to initiate a warning. Its too late now.
Sometimes we go on vacation, or our internet connection is down for several days, or something like that, too. We’re more likely to be able to access our email than a PM, sometimes. And sometimes we just aren’t going online, for whatever reason.